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Acanthite : Ag₂S, Silver : Ag
	Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Acanthite at Broken Hill was the main secondary silver mineral, especially in the ABH Consols lode at depths of less than 40 meters. It is said to have been formed because of the breakdown of tetrahedrite. Specimens are only very rarely seen available on today's market. This is an incredibly rich example, with a small amount of matrix and a ...
© Dan Weinrich	Photo ID: 133091 View Count: 655
Acanthite : Ag₂S, Azurite : Cu₃[OH\|CO₃]₂
	Annaberg, Türnitzer Alpen Mts, Lower Austria, Austria Massive ore; FOV about 9 mm; Chris Auer photo and collection, self collected in 1991
	Photo ID: 138809 View Count: 460
Acanthite : Ag₂S, Quartz : SiO₂
	West slope (Sportgastein skiing track), Kreuzkogel Mt., Kreuzkogel massif, Naßfeld valley, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria tiny spray of argentite needles on quartz, field width only 0,45 mm, found near galena near the top of the ski slope on Kreuzkogel, foto: W. Stoll
	Photo ID: 78983 View Count: 591
Acanthite : Ag₂S
	Kaltenegg, Southern District, Prinzkogel Mt. mines, Prinzkogel (Prinzenkogel) Mt., Rettenegg, Fischbacher Alpen Mts, Styria, Austria Typical secondary (?) stars of acanthite; FOV 2 mm; Chris Auer photo and collection, self collected in 1984
	Photo ID: 147251 View Count: 329
Acanthite : Ag₂S
	Porco, Agua de Castilla, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia 2.5 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm. These specimens came out of Porco about 3 years ago, and they were very limited in quantity. The parcel that I purchased only contained a handful of specimens, all of them thumbnails. They were, however, the first contemporary Acanthites that I had seen from Porco in my life. This piece will not set any records for the ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 146685 View Count: 347
Acanthite : Ag₂S, Acanthite : Ag₂S
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Silver and Acanthite. Specimen is from the collection of Harvard University #95328 (1972). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 242545 View Count: 70
Acanthite : Ag₂S, Silver : Ag
	Highland Bell Mine, Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada A 10.0 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm matrix, this very rich throughout with metallic gray well defined crystals of acanthite to 0.2 cm in size. There are groupings of dark gray ropy wire native silver present as well.
© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals	Photo ID: 246271 View Count: 72
Acanthite : Ag₂S, Laumontite : CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O
	Cawston, Keremeos, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada Black acanthite crystals on laumontite. Field of view 7 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 98-037.
© 2005 M. Kampf	Photo ID: 43226 View Count: 938
Acanthite : Ag₂S, Chalcopyrite : CuFeS₂
	Eldorado Mine, Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada Classic specimen of lustrous gray Acanthite crystals with Chalcopyrite on matrix! The largest crystal in the middle measures 1.8 cm in length! The remainder of this very rich Silver Sulfide is covered with smaller Acanthites and patches of iridescent Chalcopyrite. From the Eldorado Mine, Port Radium, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, ...
© www.exceptionalminerals.com	Photo ID: 154894 View Count: 420
Acanthite : Ag₂S, Silver : Ag
	Canadian Keeley Mine (Frontier Mine), South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada Acanthite and wire silver. Specimen in the collection of the Royal Ontario Musuem, Canada #M16419. Probably hundreds of good and better specimens were run through the crushers at this locality. Scale at the bottom of the image is one inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 215984 View Count: 152